lyceum

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Recent Examples of lyceum The Revolutionary generation took pride in preparing for public life through college literary societies, philosophy clubs, and lyceums – community gatherings for lectures and debates. Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025 The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it. James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau. Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022 Cadets practice an emergency situation during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1. Time, 23 Nov. 2022 All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest. Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 It was called the lyceum movement. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 2021 Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics. Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyceum
Noun
  • After Itsaragrisil eventually summoned security to escort Bosch out of the auditorium, other pageant hopefuls stood up to follow suit, as seen in the livestream feed.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • City Attorney Evan Goyke told the crowd inside the auditorium at Milwaukee Public Schools district office that drivers who think a reckless driving citation will be pled down to a speeding ticket are wrong.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Located near Queen Elizabeth’s palace in Windsor, the sprawling property has eight bedrooms, classic English interiors, gorgeous gardens, tennis courts, a library, and an 18th-century orangery that John restored with the help of designers Andrew Protheroe and Adrian Cooper-Grigg.
    Mekita Rivas, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The performance was filmed with an audience of only 250 people on a winter-garden terrace above the Musée du Quai Branly.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The amphitheater is expected to attract national touring acts, from blockbuster shows to emerging artists.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Released by the group’s longstanding Anjunabeats label, the project came months after the group played a massive set on Coachella’s Outdoor Stage then launched a North American amphitheater tour.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Musical theater loves a go-getter, and halfhearted irony just can’t stand up to this much zazz.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Prospect Avenue was renamed Hollywood Boulevard, and a flurry of tony hotels, palatial theaters and glitzy boutiques opened along the stretch between Vine Street and Highland Avenue.
    Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Dumont had no choice but to fire a GM whose presence was a defining point a franchise that wants to build a new arena in downtown Dallas.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
  • In 2017, Charles, who played for the New York Knicks from 1988 to 1998, was asked to leave the arena after an altercation with a security guard.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Now, two years into her tenure at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg, Guiela Nguyen is focused on bringing people who don’t necessarily speak French to the playhouse.
    Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Hipp evokes an opulent playhouse, with a bold palette, swathes of rich velvet, and plenty of colorful art.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Lyceum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyceum. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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